It has been a very up and down second season for the former No. 10 pick of the 2015 NBA Draft and collegiate national champion, Justise Winslow. He has at times looked like he was making the second-year leap into being a dependable starter. He had the best game of his young career on December [...]
January 5, 2017
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Pistons Head Coach has never been one to shy away from sharing his unfiltered opinion whether it is concerning his team, opposing teams, the officials or even on political matters. To no one’s surprise he has no problem sharing his frustration with the Pistons defensive woes over the past month or so. Here is him [...]
January 5, 2017
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Marquesse Chriss is going to be one of those rookies from this class who will be forgotten about this season (unless you watch the Sportscenter Top 10 plays on a nightly basis). He is a player who falls in and out of regular playing time for a young Suns team that is not bad enough [...]
January 5, 2017
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Seemingly every year when the NBA Draft rolls around there is at least one unknown international player with little tape to analyze and almost no exposure to many American basketball fans and in some cases even professional scouts. NBA teams must decide whether or not to take a chance on them during the first few [...]
January 5, 2017
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Jeremy Lin had some good news about the state of his left hamstring ahead of the Brooklyn Nets’ Monday night loss to the Utah Jazz: This injury isn’t as severe as his previous hamstring issue that sidelined him for 17 games earlier in the season. He also had some bad news: He doesn’t know when [...]
January 4, 2017
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Now that the Joel Embiid-Jahlil Okafor frontcourt is a tried-and-true statistical disaster, you can expect to see more Embiid-Nerlens Noel partnerships. We think. We hope. Per Tom Moore of Calkins Media: While Brown said he’s probably not going to use big men Embiid and Jahlil Okafor together as much as he did during the recent [...]
January 4, 2017
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Chandler Parsons’ inaugural season with the Memphis Grizzlies is not unfolding according to plan. He missed the start of the year while recovering from meniscus surgery on his right knee. Then, after a brief return, he missed more time with a bone bruise in his left knee. Now Parsons is roughly two weeks into his [...]
January 4, 2017
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Still looking to shed all that weight you gained over the holidays (or since your high school days)? Well, just devour some rancid sea bass, and watch the pounds disappear! Okay, seriously, don’t do that. Losing 10 pounds in an extremely short amount of time is dangerous, and often unhealthy. Kevin Love knows what I’m [...]
January 4, 2017
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You don’t need any more reasons to fall in love with Giannis Antetokounmpo, but he’s about to give you one. The always-fantastic Lee Jenkins of Sports Illustrated penned a strong profile on the Milwaukee Bucks’ superstar, and while the entire piece is worthy of multiple reads, the story of what Antetokounmpo did the first time head [...]
January 3, 2017
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Andrew Bogut, 32, has no problem coming off the Dallas Mavericks’ bench. In fact, per ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon, he prefers it: Center Andrew Bogut will be coming off the bench for the foreseeable future due to the problems the Dallas Mavericks have had playing him next to Dirk Nowitzki. Bogut and Nowitzki have played only [...]
January 3, 2017
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